Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
The National Convention Opens at
New York With Delegates From
Many States and Territories.
James p. Foster. President Of the New
York e. publican Club, Delivers the
Welcoming Address.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Standards bear
ing the names Of the states Of the Urion
were scattered through Chickeripg hall at
1880 this morning, when the doors were
thrown open for the first national Rspub-
lican club convention. Under these
standards the delegates from the states
will be seated. Twelve hundred tickets
bsve already been issued to delegates and
still they come. The largest DELEGATIONS
come from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Massachusetts,, New Jersey and Rhode
Island. The territories are here, too.
After ii O'Clock the hall began to fill rap
idly and at ii 40 Joseph Poll, chsirman OF
the committee on organization, called the
convention to order. Rev. DR.. Macarthur
offered prayer. James p. Foster, presi-
was introduced and welcomed the dele
gates. Mr.. Foster said:
Mr.. Chairman and delegates to the
National Convention Of Clubs-It is with
pleasure that extend to the delegates on
behalf of the Republican club of the city
Of New York q most hearty and cordial
and work Of this convention. We are
ocean bed the course of the slave traders
could be traced by the skeletons of slaves
who died 1T sea. We propose to drain
that water from the ocean on which
Democracy is now sailing, and disclose
those Democratic skeletons OF discord.
want OF principle and broken faith, of
corruption and intimidation OF polls, and
last, the attempt to beguile the
NJ nf
congressional message, by issuing
It's utterances and untrue in its conclu-
sions. We propose to organize, to 60
out and beyond the individual In order
that we may work for some end and some
pricciple higher and broader than Simply
the man, for he who is selfshiy working
for himself is danger to be avoided.
Of everyone VINO is attacked to
sent agreed to that just and only true
rule, "that this conventionl shall not
name, recommend or nominate any csn-
didate for Office" but we shall organize.
We propose organization whereby the
dustries of the land may be readily and
gusge to be understood by wsge-
earners and wage-payers-tsriff high
enough to reduce the surplus and to give
employment to our citizens at nome; to
insure q market for our goods and Iiv-
ing to workmen, better than the pauper
labor OF Europe has ever known. We
propose an organization that shall dis
countenence and put to shame those per
sonal attacks upon candidates whereby
private character and home life are bsselv
assaulted and public scandal for political
ends unjustly created. We propose an
organization that shall say to the saloon
"be ye removed from politics Applause
You who create psupers and criminals
aud insanity in this land shall no longer
WELD the power of government" This
then Is the mission Of this convention.
At 1910 p. M, after long contest in
voting the call OF the roll the Republican
Cub convention chose Hon. Daniel J.
Ryan Of OHIO temporary chairman by
vote of 1s9 10 154 over General Nathan
G0f1 OF West Virginia. Thessvote for
Ryan was made unanimous and on that
gentleman taking the chair, be said:
We are here to-day to reorganise the
clubs OF the country into permanent or
ganizstion. We are here to boom the Re-
publican party and not anyone in 1t. We are
here on the most important business. We
must get down to business at once. /
shall now ask your pleasure.
A number OF secretaries were then
chosen, and ice-president for each
state elected, after which the convention
adjourned until tomorrow morning.